Excerpt from Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

I don’t answer. I know it’s a trick. Nothing about this can be worked out now; we’re all too far gone. There have been plenty of chances to close my eyes and go back to the sleep of my life as it was, but I haven’t taken any of them. Do I wish now that I had? It’s hard to answer that question, as the wraiths move closer.

"Six," he whispers.

"What?"

"You have six bullets left."

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